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+VERSION
+-------
+
+What version number is this target.
+
+For shared libraries ``VERSION`` and :prop_tgt:`SOVERSION` can be used
+to specify the build version and API version respectively. When building or
+installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform supports
+symlinks and the linker supports so-names. If only one of both is
+specified the missing is assumed to have the same version number. For
+executables ``VERSION`` can be used to specify the build version. When
+building or installing appropriate symlinks are created if the
+platform supports symlinks.
+
+Windows Versions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For shared libraries and executables on Windows the ``VERSION``
+attribute is parsed to extract a ``<major>.<minor>`` version number.
+These numbers are used as the image version of the binary.
+
+Mach-O Versions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For shared libraries and executables on Mach-O systems (e.g. macOS, iOS),
+the ``VERSION`` property is a fallback to :prop_tgt:`MACHO_CURRENT_VERSION`
+property which corresponds to *current version* and :prop_tgt:`SOVERSION`
+is a fallback to :prop_tgt:`MACHO_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION` which corresponds
+to *compatiblity version*. See the :prop_tgt:`FRAMEWORK` target
+property for an example. Versions of Mach-O binaries may be checked with the
+``otool -L <binary>`` command.